On the Sunday morning, after breakfast at the Royal Hotel, me and Daan split up and head back home in two different directions. He north, back to Bloemfontein and me south back to East London. We had to cut our trip short by a day because of the extreme weather predictions. Snow and cold weather as well as rain. Not ideal weather for bike riding! I took the gravel road south onto the 7 Gates and Grootrivierpoort road. Nice gravel road in the beginning but soon into quite a challenging road, reminding me a bit of the Gamkaspoort and Sani Pass roads. A lot of up and down hills with rocky roads. Small sections with steep cliffs. Not for the fainthearted- But a beautiful road, a definately must do again, but at a slower pace. A
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